Cutting and folding machine.



E. HQGCTTRELL.'

CUTTING AND FOLDING MQGHINB. APPL'IOATION IILEID 11116.15, 1908.

1,047,503, Patented 1360.111912."

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E. H. GOTTRELL.

CUTTING AND YULDING MACHINE,

APPLIOATION FILED M1015, 1906.

1,047,503. Patented Dec. 17,1912g SEHBETS-SHEET 2y E. H1 CUTTRBLL.

www@ AND FOLDING ,AcHmE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.15, 1906.

1 ,047,503. Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

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ED SrAR H. COTTRELL, OF STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO C. B. COTTBELL |& SONS COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CUTTING AND FOLDING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 15, 1906.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

Serial No. 347,92?.

To all whom it may conccrn:

Be it known that I, EDGAR H. Co'r'rRELL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of I Stonington, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cutting and Folding Machines, of which the following l is a specification.

This invention relates to'an improvement in cutting and folding machines and has particularly'for its objcctto provide novel means for associatingand folding together sheets cut from the printed web fed from the press with cover and insert she-ets euty and fed from previously printed webs, the mechanisms being so arranged that a plurality ofpress may be collected and then assembled with a sheet cut and fed from the previously printed insert supply and a sheet cut and :fed from the previously printed cover sup ply, and the Whole folded together and delivered-to a predetermined point.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a Vertical longitudinal section through 'a portion of a cutting Aand foldingmachine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in side Ielevation showing the geared connections for driving the several parts at their proper speeds with relation to one another, Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section taken inside the side framing showingthe arrangement of cams Vfor controlling the operations of the grippers on certain of the several cylinders, Fig. 3a is a detail plan of one of the cams for controlling the operation of the opening cam for the grippers on the sheet collecting cylinder, Fig. L is an ment of cams for actuating the folding mechanism of the folding cylinders, Fig. 5 is a detail section on an enlarged scale showing the arrangement of cams for controlling the operation of the cover sheet transfer cylinder, and Fig. 6 is a detail section on an enlarged scale showing the cam for controlling the movement of the floating' folding blade on the male folding cylinder.

The side frames of the machine are denoted by 1 and Q. Maleand female folding' cvlinders 3, L1, are mounted between the side frames. the male cylinder being provided with a set of grippers 5 and a floating fold inn` blade G and the female folding cilinder being provided with a set of grippers T and l fioating folding jaws 8, which jaws are arranged to coact with the -blade (3 of the male folding cylinder.

.t collecting yclvlinder 9 is arranged adjacent to the male folding cylinder 3 and it is provided with a set of grippers 10. An insert transfer cylinder 11 is located adjacent to the male folding cylinder 3, which transfer cylinder is provided with a set of' grippers 12Y A cover sheet transfer cylin- -der is located adjacent to the female folding cylinder /land it. is provided with a set of grippers 14.' The printed web 15 is fed from the main press, not shown herein, past feeding tapes 16 through rotary cutters 417, 1S, and from thence between stationary guides 19, 2() into position to have the advance edges of the sheet 'engaged bv the set of grippers 10 on the collectingr cylinder 9.' A previously printed insert web 21 leads from the roll 22 pastfeeding tapes 23 through rotary cutters Q4, Q5 and lfrom thence between stationary guides Q6, 27, into position to have the advance edges of the sheets engaged by the set of grippers 12 on the transfer cylinder 1l. The previously printed insert web 21 may be wound with an offset web Q8 for preventing the smutting of the insert web, the offset web being wound off the web 22 on to the roll 2S) as the insert web is unwound from the roll 22.

A previously printed cover web 30 leads from a roll 31. past feeding tapes 32 through rotary cutters 33, 3l. and from thence between stationary guides 35, 36. into position to have the advance edges of the sheets engaged by the set of grippers 14 of the transfer cylinder 13. The previously printed cover web 30 may be wound with an offset web 3T for preventing the smutting of the cover web, the offset web being wound otf the roll 31 on to the roll 3S as the cover web is uri-wound from the roll 31.

The several lneclulnisnls art' driven from the press through the train of gears 3i), 40, 1l, the gear l1 meshing with a gear -ll fixed to the shaftdl of the male folding c vlinder 3. The female folding c vlindt -t "is driven at the same speed as the cylinder il. by lucani of a gear il on the shaft t3 which meshes w ith a gear lf on the shaft lt of the female folding cylinder l.

The collectingv cylinder 9 is driven two rrvr luiions to one of the main folding c vl-` inder 3, by a gear li' fixed to the shaft 4S of the cylinder 9, whiehgeztr meshes. vvith the gear l2 of the cylinder 3.

The leed roller 1 shaft 49 for the cylinder 9 is driven from every revolution of the male folding eylinder 3 but at varying speeds. bv irregular gears, onegear 51 being fixed to thhe shaft -13 of the cylinder 3 and the other gear being fixed to the shaft 553 of the saiditransfer cyl-v inder 11. The feed roller straft 54 for the cylinder 11 is provided with a gear which meshes with a gear 5G fixed on the shaft 53 of the. cylinder 11. The previously printed c'over sheet transfer cylinder 13 is drivena revolution for ever "f revolution of the female folding cylinder d hat at varying speeds, by irregular gearsy the gear 57 being fixed to the shaft 46 of the female folding cylinder and the gear titl; being fixed to thevshaft 59 of the transfer cylinder 13. The feed roller shaft 60 for the @vlinder ji provided with a gear 61 which meshes will: a gear 62 fixed to the shaft 59 of the transfer cylinder l?.

Sheet pressure rollers 63. tti, 65, 66, engage the peripheries of the eylinders 4, 9, 3 and 11 respectively, for holding the sheets against the peripheries of these cylinders when the sheets are disengaged from their grippers. Carrying tapes 57, 68 are arranged to convey the assembled and 'folded vgroup of press, insert and cover sheets from the female folding eylinder el through slit' ters 69, 70,/ to a predetermined point, sach, for instance an a collecting pocket ear-rior 71, like that shown in my United States Letters Patent No. 749,362 dated January The insert offset roll 29 is driven from the gear 15 of the cylinder 4, through the train of gears 72, 73, 731i, 71, 75, 70, To* C"-"iaft 7? and train of gears 72%', 7.., 79. S0, as.. lhe cover offset roll 3S is driven from the gear 72 thro-ugh a train of gears 73M, Si, 85, 86, 87, 88. The rotary cutters 17, 18., are driven from the gear 45 through a train of gears 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, and the rotary eutters 24, 25 are driven from the gear 91 through a train of gears 9i, 95, 9d, 97, 98. The rotary cutters 33, 34, are driven from the gear 90 through a train of gears 99, 100, 101. The web feeding tapes 23, 16 and are driven from their respective cntters by suit-able gearing which need not be specifically described. c

The set of grippers 10 yon the sheet collecting cylinder 9 is opened every revolution 'to receive the advance edge of a sheet from the main press bymeans of a fixed cani 102 which engages the gripper lever 103 at the proper time. The setof grippers 10 is opened every second revolution of the cylinder 9 to transfer a collected group of two sheets fron the cylinder 9 to the set of grippers 5 on the male folding cylinder 3, by means of a movable opening" earn 101, which Cain is thrown into and ont of position to engage the lever 103 by means of a rook lever 105 operated by a earn 10G driven from the shaft 53 of theeylinder 11 through gears 107, 10S. The set of, grippers 12 on the insert sheet transfer cylinder 11 is opened every revolution to receive the advance edge o f a sheet from the cutters 2l, 25, by a stationary earn 109.which is arranged in position to engage the gripper opening lever 110 at the required time. 12 is opened every revolution of the cylinder 11 to transfer the insert sheet to the set of grippers on the male folding cylinder 3, by means of a fixed cam 111 which engages the lever 110 at the proper point.

The set of grippers 14 on the cover sheet transfer cylinder 13 is opened to receive the advance edge of the cover sheet as itI leaves the guides 35, 36, by means of a fixed cam '112 which is arranged in position to engage the gripper opening lever 113 at the proper time. Another fixed cam 114 is arranged in position to engage the lever 113 at the proper time to transfer' the advance edge of the cover sheet from the set of grippers 14 to the set of gripp'ers 7 on the female folding Cylinder 4.

A fixed cam 115 is arranged in position to engage the opening lever 116 of the set of grippers 7, at the proper time to receive the :,n'lvniee edge of the eovor sheet from the set oi' grippers l. second fixed eam 117 is ar ranged in position to engage the lever 110 of vthe set of grip-pers 7 at the proper time to transfer the advance edge of the cover sheet to thi set of grippers 5 on the male folding Cylinder 23.

A fixed ram 118 is arranged in position to engage the (mening lever 119 of the set of grippers un the male folding cylinder 3 at the proper time to receive the advance edge of the insert sheet from the transfer cylinder 11. it. second fixed cam 120 arranged in position to engage the lever 119 at the proper time to open the set of grippers to receive the rolleeted group of two sheets from the main pre s., A vthird fixed camv 121 is arranged in position to engage the lever 119 'to open the set of grippers 5 to receive the advance edge of the cover sheet from the set of grippers 7. A fourth fixed cam is arranged in position to engage the lever 119 to open the set of grippers 5 'to release the advance edges of the assembled group of sheets at the proper time of folding the same from the male folding cylinder on to the female folding cylinder.

The coaetion of the folding devices on the cylinders 3 and 4 is obtained as follows: A fixed box cam 123 is arranged to control theA floating movement of the blade 6 This set of grippers through the truck rollert124nand scam 125, is arranged to control the .tucking movement4 of the saidblade b its engagement with fthe;y stud roll 120.` A' xed cam 127 vis `arran dl to control the floating of the folding 'aws y its engagement wit the opening of said jaws b i engagement with the stud roll 180. This o enin of the floating jaws to release the fol ed signature at the proper time to ermit it to befed between the tapes 67, 6 .is controlled by a stationary cam 131, which is engaged by a stud-roller 130'.` y

The movements of the arts hereinabove described are so timed vwit `respect to each other that the rotar `cutters'17, 18 and thel sheet collecting cy inder 9` complete two revolutions to one revolution of the folding cylinders. yThe rotary cutters 24, 26, for tie insert web and their transfer cylinder 11, rotate one revolution for one revolution of the foldin cylinders so that one insert sheet is trans erred to the male foldin c 1- iiider for two sheets from the mainwi d livered from the collecting cylinder 9. The irregular gears 51 62, are so shaped-that the grip ers 2 will caused'to travel at the spec of the insert 'web at the time of enga ing the advance edges of the insert sheet an will be caused to travel at the surface s eed of the male foldin cylinder at the time that the advance `e ge of sheet is transferred to the. grippers 5. The

rotary cutters 38, 34, for the cover web and their transfer cylinder 13, complete one revolution for every revolution of the folding cylinders. The irregular gears 57, 58 are so shaped that the cy inder 18 will be caused to travel at. the speed of the cover web at the time the grippers 14 engage the advance odge of the cover sheet and at the surface speed of the female foldin cylinder 4 Bt the time that the advance e ge of the cover sheet is transferred to the gri pers 7.

ln operation, the cutters 2 25, cut suc oessve sheets from the insert web and feed them between the guides 28, 27 into position to have the advance edge of an insert sheet engaged by the ippers 12. One insert sheet is transferr to the gri pers 5 on the male folding cylinder 8 as tie grippers 5 and 12 are brought together. In the meantime the cutters 38 34, cut successive sheets from the cover web and feed the sheets between the guides 85, 36, into position to have the advance edge of each sheet engaged bv the grippers 14 on the transfer cylin er 13. (ma cover sheet is transferred to the grippers 7 of the female folding cylinder 4every revolution thereof when the ippers 7 and 14 are brought together. Tie rotary ,cutters 17, 18, which arev driven at twice the speed of the cutters for the insert and cover s ieets, sever sheets from the web fed from the truck roler128 aud a fixed cam 120 is ari-an edto control the insert tte'mainipress'fand feed them down between l guides I.10g'and'20.. The collecting cylinder19yis yarranged to have its grippers 10 collect two, sheets thereon and then transfer ythe'y two sheets to the rippers 5 on the male folding cylinder 8 wien the said grippors comete A ther.4 As the grippers 5 and ou the` two olding cylinders come together, the cover sheet on the female folding cylinder willbe transferred to the `male cylinder, thegrippers on the male cylinder then engaging the advance edge of one insert sheet,.two sheets from the main press and one cover sheet. Asthe foldin mechanism of thetwo cylinders 3^and 4 is rought into coaction, the grippers 5 are opened to release the advance edges of the collected group of sheets. The folded signature is then brought down between the tapes (i7, 68 and the Jaws 8 of the Vfolding mechanism are opened to permit the tapes 67. 68, to feed the folded signature between the slitters G9, 70, from whence the si atiires drop into the ockets in the carrier 71. The means for imparting successive movements to the pocket carrier to collect a series of folded signatures therein forms no part of the present.l invention and will therefore not be pecically described, it being understood iat the folded signature from the tapes may be slitinto t e r aired number of smaller signatures and t en deposited a't pro r intervals into the pocket carrier to pro uce the result desired.

It can be readil understood that instead of-transferring t e advance ed e of the cover sheet from the folding cylinder 4 to the folding c linder 8 to be combined with the insert an main web sheets thereon, the o ening of the grippers may be so timed tiifat the cover sheet. will not be transferred to the cylinder 3 but will be fed between the folding cylinders and have its advance edge released from the grippers 7 in ample time to permit the assembled insert, main web and cover sheets to be folded together and fed between the ta es 67, 68. It will be seen that t ie machine as hereinabove set forth accomplishes the assembling and folding together of sheets from the main press and from the insert and cover supplies without the necessity of employing formers, turning-bars or carrying tapes.

What I claim is:

1. Folding cylinders, a cylinder for trans` ferring one insert sheet at a time to one of the fo ding cylinders, a cylinder for delivei`- ing a plura ity of main web sheets at. a time to the said folding cylinder and a cylinder arranged to transfer cover sheets one at a time to the other folding cylinder.

2. Folding cylinders, a cylinder for transferrin; insert sheets one at. a time to one of the fo ding cylinders, a cylinder for delivering a plurality of main web sheets to said folding cylinder, a cylinder arranged to transfer cover sheets oneV at a, .time to the other folding 'cylinder' and means for foldtravel one revolution to one revolution of the folding Vcylinders and means for imparting variable surface speeds` to the insert sheet and cover Sheet transfer cylinders.l

5.1"olding cylindersfa main web sheet collecting cylinder/arranged to 'travel two revolutions to one revolution of the folding eylindersfand insert sheet. and cover she'et transfer cylinders arranged to travel one revolution to one revolution ofthe folding cylinders. y l

6. Folding cylinders, a main web vrsheet revolutions to one revolution ofthe folding` cylinders, insert slieet and cover sheet transfer cylinders arranged to travel one revolnt-ion to one revolution of the folding" cylinders and means for imparting` variable surface speeds to the insert sheet and cover sheet transfer cylinders. Y Y

In testimony7 that I claim the foregoing as my invent-ion, I have. signed my name in presence of two Witnesses, this 13th of December 1906.

EDGAR iroofrTRELL.

W'it-nesses z Fnvx. l-lax'NEs, Lina M. Benni-rr.

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